david, the poll questions about >> lehrer: and to newshour political editor david chalian. ho do you trust about the economy are most interesting, are they not? >> without a doubt, jim, because as you know when you look at polls the numbers tell you something but more importantly the trends tell you the story. take a look when voters are asked which party do you trust more to handle the economy, which as you know is the number-one issue, today 42% say the democrats. 40% say the republicans. they're basically splitting that vote. but look at where it was just a month ago in july. republicans only 34% of americans said that they trusted them. they increased six points in trust to handle the most important issue in just a month. that is a trend that has been going on for a year now that democrats are losing ground on that key trust on the major number-one issue. >> lehrer: and when they are asked and when they read those polls correctly, when they say democrats, they mean president obama and his administration, but they also mean members of congress as well, right? it is seen